paralyze

Main Entry:	stun/stupefy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	amaze, shock
Synonyms:	astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, fog, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, knock out, knock over, knock unconscious, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock*, shake up, stagger, strike dumb, surprise, take breath away, throw a curve
Antonyms:	expect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	transfix
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold one's attention
Synonyms:	bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun
Antonyms:	bore, look away

Main Entry:	stun
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shock
Synonyms:	amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, fog, hit, knock out, knock over, knock unconscious, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock, shake up, stagger, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise

Main Entry:	immobilize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disable
Synonyms:	action, attenuate, batter, blunt, cripple, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck

* = informal/non-formal usage
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